Sales Talent

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the a16z Podcast 20VC

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20VC Insight
Lessin: Willingness to join early startups anti-correlates with sales talent quality
“I think sales is incredibly hard to hire at startups, specifically because the whole nature of sales is like the people who want to go early are like anti correlated with the good people, right?”
Sam Lessin Aug 11, 2023 ▶ 48:24 DEBATE: State of Seed Investing w/ Jason Lemkin, Sam Lessin, Frank Rotman & Harry Stebbings | E1047 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
a16z Insight
Mark Leslie: Early-stage startups need adaptable sales reps over process-driven hires
“But when you're just starting out, You want delta force. You want resourceful people who have minimal resources, and can react in a way, and can pull other people in the company, and can do amazing things that you can't, that you don't, you know, a big sales f…”
Mark Leslie Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 26:52 a16z Podcast | Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales

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